Luce-Dyer House
building in Missouri, United States
Luce-Dyer House, also known as the Stark-Carlson House, is a historic home located at Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri. It was built between about 1856 and 1860, and is a two-story, three-bay, Italianate style brick dwelling. It features a bracketed cornice, gabled roofline, five pairs of semi-circular topped windows with oscula, and pedimented Neoclassical front portico added in the 1930s. Also on the property are the contributing garage and cottage.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is located in the North Third Street Historic District.
The house was badly burned in July 2016, but it is still standing and is currently being restored.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q28834256. Authority coordinates are 39.451, -91.048. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1856, 1860, 1982 and 2016.
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